Tuesday May 14, 2013
Revington selects five more players but trims national squad
S. Kumar: Off to a training stint in Amsterdam. KUALA LUMPUR: The national hockey team management have dropped nine players and added five new ones as they trimmed the training squad from 30 to 26.
The nine dropped were Mohamed Noor Faeez (UniKL), Amir Farid Ahmad Fuzi (Tenaga), Hafifihafiz Hanafi (Maybank), Jiwa Mohan (Maybank), Mohd Sallehin Ghani (Tenaga), Mohd Syamim Mohd Yusof (KLHC), Mohd Amerullah Aziz (Terengganu), Shahrin Mohammad (Maybank) and Ismail Abu (Terengganu).
Ismail was omitted as he will be undergoing rehab for a leg injury and the team management will monitor his progress.
The five new players in the training squad are Ahmad Kazamirul Nasruddin (KLHC), Azreen Rizal Nasir (Sapura), Khairulnizam Ibrahim (Tenaga), Meor Mohamed Azuan (UniKL) and Mohamed Firhan Azhaari (Tenaga).
The 26 players will shoulder the burden of taking Malaysia back into the World Cup in 2014.
Their two assignments – both qualifiers for the 2014 Finals – are the World League semi-finals in Johor Baru in June and the Asia Cup in Ipoh in August.
“This is the training squad we will use to pick the teams for the World League and Asia Cup. Qualification for the World Cup remains the target,” said national coach Paul Revington yesterday.
“But we’ll take it one tournament at a time.
“The squad will assemble on May 21 and we’ll have a three-day camp in Johor Baru.
“Then, our two goalkeepers – S. Kumar and Roslan jamaluddin – will go to Amsterdam for a stint from May 21-28.”
The team will play five matches against the visiting Lioaning Province team from China from May 26-June 1 before leaving for South Africa on June 2 to play four matches against club sides there.
The final 20 players for the Johor Baru assignment will be named when they return from South Africa.
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